Elaine Smith, a member of the DIG committee, has created a Google map showing a selection of some of the more wheelchair accessible pubs and restaurants in Central Newcastle. You can find the map here. You may also be interested in AccessAble, a website (also available as an app) covering venues across the UK and […]
Join us for an engaging and entertaining talk with Q & A by Francesca Martinez as part of the NU DIG celebration of diversity for International Day of People with Disabilities. Francesca is a wobbly comedian, writer, speaker and activist (she has mild cerebral palsy, but much prefers the word ‘wobbly’). She has guested on Channel 4 News, BBC2’s Newsnight, BBC1’s […]
World mental health day is on the 10th October 2019. Campus activities are being co-ordinated by OHSS for the whole week. DIG chair Dr Becca Wilson will be delivering coffee break talk at about the work DIG has been doing to develop and promote a disability inclusive culture at the University. 8th October, King’s Gate […]
DIG Chair Dr Becca Wilson and HaSS EDI Officer Kelechi Dibbie were recently invited as panel speakers at the British Science Association and BIG STEM Communicators Network workshop “What can we do to be better equality, diversity and inclusion allies?” held 17th July 2019 in Edinburgh.